Police and Government Still Unaccountable to the Public: Civil Society Groups Rally for Independent Public Inquiry into G20
TORONTO, June 25, 2011 /CNW/ – One year after Toronto was turned into a police state for the G20 Summit and 20,000 riot police executed the largest mass arrest in Canadian peacetime history, justice has still not been delivered. To date, 93 per cent of those arrested have been cleared of all charges and many [...]
TORONTO, June 24, 2011 /CNW/ – The Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) today released an update of the status of its review of systemic issues surrounding public complaints against police during the G20 Summit in Toronto. “Events surrounding the G20 have had a profound impact on the citizens of Toronto and on [...]
Continue reading …TORONTO, June 22, 2011 /CNW/ – The Independent Civilian Review into Matters Relating to the G20 Summit has completed its public hearings and will now move to the next stages of its work, including obtaining internal documents from the Toronto Police Service and then conducting interviews of key individuals. On June 1, 6, and 13, [...]
Continue reading …TORONTO, June 1, 2011 /CNW/ – The first of three public hearings concerning the G20 Review will take place tonight at Toronto’s Metro Hall. Individuals representing their personal views and some representing specific organizations have registered to speak at this hearing. Those that have not yet registered will be given the opportunity to sign up [...]
Continue reading …On Monday members of the G20 Investigative Team went to Montreal to arrest a man alleged to be involved in crimes during the G20 Summit last June in Toronto. According to police the suspect was wearing a disguise on Saturday, June 26, 2010 when he smashed the window of a van parked in the street. [...]
Continue reading …TORONTO, April 28 /CNW/ – Today, the Federal Court ruled that it will not hold an emergency hearing on Avaaz’s appeal to compel the Auditor General to release the G8 spending report before the election. Ricken Patel, Executive Director of Avaaz, responds to today’s Federal Court ruling: “There is a very good case that the [...]
Continue reading …
KJ Mullins-Toronto: Who are the officers behind riot gear masks? That is a question Dorian Barton would like to know claiming during the G20 Summit his arm was broken as well as receiving a black eye during his arrest at the event. During the G20 there were scores of arrests. In the aftermath allegations of [...]
Continue reading …
KJ Mullins-Toronto: A Toronto Police officer has been charged by the Special Investigations Unit for assaulting a protester during the G20 Summit held this summer in Toronto. Ian Scott, the director of the Special Investigations Unit (SUI) has determined that there reasonable grounds to charge Const. Babak Andalib-Goortani with assault with a weapon, contrary to [...]
Continue reading …
KJ Mullins-Toronto: The G20 hit Toronto restaurants hard with serious loss of sales. While it was promised that relief would come from the government it has yet to arrive months later. Four months after the G20 Summit Toronto’s restaurants have yet to see any compensation for their losses. More than 90 per cent of downtown [...]
Continue reading …Another Community Organizer arrested on G20 related conspiracy charges
September 30, 2010 No CommentToronto Community Mobilization Network-Toronto: The Toronto Police arrested Jaroslava Avila, a Political Science student at University of Toronto, at 10pm Wednesday night on G20 related “conspiracy” charges. Jaroslava was arrested outside Queen’s Park subway station as she was making her way back home after attending an event organized by Health for All – a health [...]
Continue reading …
